Cat and oryx were further claimed by W. Goldmann in the 4 July 96 Nature but are
nowhere available.

The table below gives summary statistics. One sees that alanine occurs 10 times in the consensus sequence and was substituted a total of 13 times in the 52 species for an average rate of 1.3 times per occurrence or 1.3/52 = 0.025 per species.

total subs

residue

occurence

ave subs

13

ala

10

1.3

7

cys

4

1.8

8

asp

6

1.3

9

glu

8

1.1

12

phe

7

1.7

66

gly

47

1.4

9

his

9

1.0

15

ile

8

1.9

13

lys

11

1.2

23

leu

13

1.8

21

met

11

1.9

27

asn

14

1.9

18

phe

16

1.1

22

gln

16

1.4

12

arg

10

1.2

21

ser

13

1.6

19

thr

13

1.5

22

val

15

1.5

12

trp

9

1.3

21

tyr

14

1.5

16

-

7

2.3

386

totals

261

1.5

This table gives, by consensus numbered position, the ancestral amino acid, the number of substitutions,and the amino acid variations found. For example, the third line states that the third amino acid is asparagine, with the variants lysine and histidine also found.